Melanoma in hispanic and black Americans

Cancer Control

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-253

  Rouhani, Panta ^a   Hu, Shasa ^a   Kirsner, Robert S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 49649127980     PISSN: 10732748     EISSN: 15262359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107327480801500308     Document Type: Review

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